Former U.S. Amb. to NATO Kurt Volker analyzes President Donald Trump’s latest Russia-Ukraine peace plan on ‘Fox Report.’

“A lot of European countries will rely on Germany because Germany has deep pockets and a very large economy,” Drummond said. While NATO would fight as a coalition with Anglo-German divisions and multinational forces, “Germany in itself would deliver a significant amount of mass.”

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and ground-based air defense systems put on high alert in Poland and Romania during an overnight Russian attack on Ukraine.

Ukraine war also includes a proposal that names NATO’s Article 5 — but doesn’t carry the same security guarantee of the treaty, experts

French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the G20, welcomed the US-proposed 28-point Ukraine peace plan as a useful starting point but underscored that any lasting settlement requires substantive European involvement and Ukrainian approval.

The plan foresees Ukraine handing over territory to Russia — something Kyiv has repeatedly ruled out — while reducing the size of its army and blocking its coveted path to NATO membership.

The leaders of France, Germany and the UK huddled on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa Saturday to discuss ways to support Kyiv and rewrite portions of the peace plan.

In past interviews, Zelensky has referred to the DMZ as a conflict-resolution model that Ukraine would follow at its peril. “It would be a dead zone,” he told one of us in March.